Strymon wanted to do a limited run of some of their favourite pedals they’ve released over the years, each finished in a sleek black and white finish as dark as the midnight sky, complete with black knobs and a blacked-out box. Despite their minimalist styling, the sounds waiting to be released from these limited edition pedals are as colourful and inspiring as ever.

Compadre is a studio-quality analogue compressor with two distinct voices for smooth transparent compression or vintage squeeze. A dedicated Boost switch lets you add clean boost or soft-clipped dirty boost separately, with the EQ curve of your choice for greater tonal control. Pair that with an adjustable dry signal mix that allows you to keep more of the initial transient in the signal if you wish, and you get the key to your dream tone.

Additional features include full MIDI control, 300 presets and the industry’s best analogue VCA volume control (addressable via the expression pedal jack), combining the best of analogue sound and feel with digital flexibility.

Features:

• Premium analogue VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) compressor circuits
• Two voicing options: smooth studio compression and hard pedal style compression
• Independently controlled clean or dirty boost circuit with 3 EQ options
• Dirty boost option provides overdrive when the boost is engaged
• DRY Knob lets you blend the dry signal with the compressed signal to preserve attack transients
• High impedance ultra low-noise discrete Class A JFET preamp input
• Low-impedance mono output
• Output VCA allows Compadre to function as a volume pedal when a standard TRS expression pedal plugged into the dedicated Volume jack
• Compatible with MiniSwitch for remote selection of a Favorite preset
• Compatible with MultiSwitch Plus for remote selection of 3 presets
• Full-featured MIDI control. Access to 300 presets and remote parameter control via quarter-inch TRS. (requires Strymon MIDI EXP Cable or MIDI > TRS interface)
• Selectable True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching) or ultra low-noise Buffered Bypass
• Strong and lightweight anodized dark red aluminium chassis
• 9V DC power supply included
• Designed and built in the USA
• Compressor Signal/Noise: 109 dB typical
• Power requirements: maximum 9 volts DC centre-negative, with a minimum of 150mA of current
• Dimensions: 4.5” (D) x 4” (W) x 1.75” (H) / 11.4 cm (D) x 10.2 cm (W) x 4.4 cm (H)